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Originally Posted by LH Machinist
Line tape problems
I saw a team identify tape problems before a qualification match, it looked scuffed or dirty from the stands. The field crew made a quick repair that the team appeared not to like and had to leave the field under protest. During autonomous their robot deployed the uber tube way prematurely.
Was the team correct or was it a field issue. I tend to believe the team because after the match, the field crew carefully repaired the tape.
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If you were talking about the NJ regional, yes this occured near the end of the qualification matches to team 1647. They protested, one of the refs moved their hands over the tape to see it was still down, then the teammate was sent back after protesting it because there were tire tread smudges on the line. The smudges did, in fact, cause the tube to deploy prematurely. After the match, the team spoke to the referees, and since the lack of ubertube did not change the result of the match, they opted not to replay it.
So teams that use the line trackers -- make sure your line is good, and speak with the referees before your match, and give them the time they need to fix the problem.